Freud and Jung on religion /

• Main Author: Palmer, Michael, 1945-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
• Subjects: Freud, Sigmund, > 1856-1939 > Religion.; Jung, C. G. > (Carl Gustav), > 1875-1961 > Religion.; Freud, Sigmund, > 1856-1939; Jung, C. G. > (Carl Gustav), > 1875-1961; Psychoanalysis and religion.; RELIGION > Psychology of Religion.; Religion.; Electronic books.

This volume provides an account of the theories of religion of both Freud and Jung. In the first section, the author analyzes Freud's claim that religion is an obsessional neurosis - a psychological illness fuelled by sexual repression. The second section considers Jung's rejection of Freu...